I Capture the Castle
Based on the novel by Dodie Smith
Music by Peter Foley
Lyrics by Marion Adler & Peter Foley
Book by Cara Reichel
Based on a stage adaptation by Kenneth Vega
It’s spring 1934, and 17 year-old Cassandra Mortmain, daughter of a famous but long-blocked writer, begins a journal in which she vows to capture her observations of life, her artistic-yet-impoverished family, and the aging English castle in which they live. Life provides unexpectedly rich fodder for her literary endeavor when a wealthy American family arrives in the village, striking up a surprising and improbable friendship with the Mortmains. Over the course of a magical spring and summer, bonds are formed and broken, romances blossom and fade and blossom again, wounds are healed, childhood ends, and an artist is born.
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Full-length musical, romance
Cast: 9 (4f, 5m)
Strong leading role for a young woman.
Musicians: TBD (full score not yet orchestrated)
Performances
Pace University (workshop), dir. Amy Rogers, 2013
Signature Theatre (workshop), Arlington, VA, dir. Aaron Posner, 2011
Awards
Commission, Signature Theatre American Musical Voices: Next Generation project
Highlights from the Score
Perusals & Licensing
This musical, though completed, is not currently available for licensing. If you would like to learn more about the show, please direct inquiries here.
I Capture the Castle has been developed with support from Signature Theatre (VA), Pace University, and the Ted & Mary Jo Shen Charitable Gift Fund.